Prep work

Prep work

Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune

Volunteers Ivana Tomas of Schaumburg, and George Foote of Washington, D.C. put up a sign for Rep. Melissa Bean before the start of her election party at the Onion Pub in Lake Barrington on Tuesday. Bean, the incumbent, is running against Joe Walsh in the 8th District for the U.S. Congress.

Volunteers Ivana Tomas of Schaumburg, and George Foote of Washington, D.C. put up a sign for Rep. Melissa Bean before the start of her election party at the Onion Pub in Lake Barrington on Tuesday. Bean, the incumbent, is running against Joe Walsh in the 8th District for the U.S. Congress. (Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune)

Volunteers Ivana Tomas of Schaumburg, and George Foote of Washington, D.C. put up a sign for Rep. Melissa Bean before the start of her election party at the Onion Pub in Lake Barrington on Tuesday. Bean, the incumbent, is running against Joe Walsh in the 8th District for the U.S. Congress.